Cyrtopodion

Cyrtopodion
Cyrtopodion kotschyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Cyrtopodion Fitzinger, 1843
Species
26 to 44 recognized species, see article.

Cyrtopodion is a large genus in the family Gekkonidae (geckos).^[1] It has 44 described species (sensu lato), or 26 described species (sensu stricto).

Species

Species in the genus Cyrtopodion (sensu lato) are:

• Cyrtopodion agamuroides (Nikolsky, 1900)
• Cyrtopodion amictophole Hoofien, 1967 = Mediodactylus amictopholis
• Cyrtopodion aravallense (Gill, 1997)
• Cyrtopodion baigii Masroor, 2008
• Cyrtopodion battalense (Khan, 1993)
• Cyrtopodion baturense (Khan & Baig, 1992) = Altiphylax baturensis
• Cyrtopodion belaense Nazarov, Ananjeva & Papenfuss, 2011
• Cyrtopodion brachykolon Krysko, Rehman & K. Auffenberg, 2007 = Mediodactylus brachykolon
• Cyrtopodion brevipes (Blanford, 1874)
• Cyrtopodion caspium (Eichwald, 1831) = Tenuidactylus caspius
• Cyrtopodion chitralense (M.A. Smith, 1935) = Mediodactylus walli (Ingoldby, 1922)
• Cyrtopodion dattanense (Khan, 1980)
• Cyrtopodion elongatum (Blanford, 1875) = Tenuidactylus elongatus – Yangihissar gecko
• Cyrtopodion fasciolatum (Blyth, 1861) = Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus
• Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi (Strauch, 1887) = Tenuidactylus fedtschenkoi – Fedtschenko's grasping gecko
• Cyrtopodion fortmunroi (Khan, 1993)
• Cyrtopodion gastrophole (F. Werner, 1917) – Werner's bent-toed gecko
• Cyrtopodion heterocercum (Blanford, 1874) = Mediodactylus heterocercus
• Cyrtopodion himalayanum (Duda & Sahi, 1978)
• Cyrtopodion homorzganum Nazarov, Bondarenko & Rajabizadeh, 2010
• Cyrtopodion indusoani (Khan, 1988)
• Cyrtopodion kachhense (Stoliczka, 1872)
• Cyrtopodion kiabii Ahmadzadeh et al., 2011^[2]
• Cyrtopodion kirmanense (Nikolsky, 1900)
• Cyrtopodion kohsulaimanai (Khan, 1991)
• Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) = Mediodactylus kotschyi
• Cyrtopodion lawderanum (Stoliczcka, 1871)
• Cyrtopodion longipes (Nikolsky, 1896) = Tenuidactylus longipes
• Cyrtopodion medogense (Zhao & Li, 1987)
• Cyrtopodion mintoni (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981) = Altiphylax mintoni
• Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum (Annandale, 1913)
• Cyrtopodion narynense Eremchenko, Zarinenko & Panfilov, 1999 = Mediodactylus narynensis
• Cyrtopodion persepolense Nazarov, Ananjeva & Rajabizadeh, 2010
• Cyrtopodion potoharense Khan, 2001
• Cyrtopodion rhodocaudum (Baig, 1998)
• Cyrtopodion rohtasfortai (Khan & Tasnim, 1990)
• Cyrtopodion russowii (Strauch, 1887) = Mediodactylus russowi
• Cyrtopodion sagittiferum (Nikolsky, 1900) = Mediodactylus sagittifer
• Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden, 1827)
• Cyrtopodion sistanense Nazarov & Rajabizadeh, 2007
• Cyrtopodion spinicaudum (Strauch, 1887) = Mediodactylus spinicauda
• Cyrtopodion turcmenicum (Szczerbak, 1978) = Tenuidactylus turcmenicus
• Cyrtopodion voraginosum (Leviton & S. Anderson, 1984) = Tenuidactylus voraginosum
• Cyrtopodion watsoni (Murray, 1892)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

1. "Cyrtopodion ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Ahmadzadeh F, Flecks M, Torki F, Bohme W (2011). "A new species of angular-toed gecko, genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from southern Iran". Zootaxa 2924: 22-32. (Cyrtopodion kiabii, new species).

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Cyrtopodion, new genus, p. 93). (in Latin).

External links

• Cyrtopodion at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 04 December 2013.